United States government

WichitaLiberty.TV: Michael Tanner of Cato Institute on deficits, debt, and entitlements
03
Aug
By Bob Weeks

WichitaLiberty.TV: Michael Tanner of Cato Institute on deficits, debt, and entitlements

In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute talks about his new book “Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis.” View below, or click here to view at YouTube. Episode 90, broadcast August 2, 2015. Tanner's page at Cato is here. Video of a book forum on "Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis" is here. Video of Tanner at the Wichita Pachyderm Club is here. A good discussion of the book on C-SPAN is here.
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‘Love Gov’ humorous and revealing of government’s nature
15
Jul
By Bob Weeks

‘Love Gov’ humorous and revealing of government’s nature

A series of short videos from the Independent Institute entertains and teaches lessons at the same time. The Independent Institute has produced a series of humorous and satirical videos to present lessons about the nature of government. The Institute describes the series here: Love Gov depicts an overbearing boyfriend -- Scott “Gov” Govinsky -- who foists his good intentions on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak (comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. Alexis's loyal friend Libby tries to help her see Gov for what he really…
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Corporate income tax rates in U.S. and other countries
16
Jun
By Bob Weeks

Corporate income tax rates in U.S. and other countries

Over the past two decades most large industrial countries have reduced their corporate income tax rates. Two countries, however, stand out from this trend: France and The United States. In Abolish the Corporate Income Tax economist Laurence J. Kotlikoff writes "I, like many economists, suspect that our corporate income tax is economically self-defeating -- hurting workers, not capitalists, and collecting precious little revenue to boot." High taxes in America cause companies to invest overseas in order to escape these high American taxes. For example, Apple takes steps to minimize the income tax it pays, as do most companies. In Calculating…
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WichitaLiberty.TV: United States Congressman Mike Pompeo
13
Mar
By Bob Weeks

WichitaLiberty.TV: United States Congressman Mike Pompeo

In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Congressman Mike Pompeo talks about risks to America from overseas, Benghazi, congressional scorecards, the Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act, and labeling food with genetically engineered ingredients. View below, or click here to view at YouTube. Episode 78, broadcast March 15, 2015.
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22
Jan
By Bob Weeks

Cato Institute scholars respond to the 2015 state of the union address

Cato Institute scholars Alex Nowrasteh, Aaron Ross Powell, Neal McCluskey, Mark Calabria, Bill Watson, Chris Edwards, Gene Healy, Chris Preble, Julian Sanchez, Pat Michaels and Trevor Burrus respond to President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address. View below, or click here to view in high definition at YouTube. Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Tess Terrible.
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19
Dec
By Bob Weeks

Corporate income tax rates in U.S. do not help our economy

Over the past two decades most large industrial countries have reduced their corporate income tax rates. Two countries, however, stand out from this trend: France and The United States. In Abolish the Corporate Income Tax economist Laurence J. Kotlikoff writes "I, like many economists, suspect that our corporate income tax is economically self-defeating -- hurting workers, not capitalists, and collecting precious little revenue to boot." High taxes in America cause companies to invest overseas in order to escape these high American taxes. For example, Apple takes steps to minimize the income tax it pays, as do most companies. In Calculating…
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Kansas was an earmark donor state
11
Jul
By Bob Weeks

Kansas was an earmark donor state

The practice of federal earmark spending was not kind to Kansas, as data shows Kansas was an earmark donor state. The former practice of earmarking federal spending was seen as a way for members of Congress to demonstrate their political prowess by bringing the federal bacon back home to the district or state. Data gathered and analyzed by Brandon Arnold of Cato Institute shows that states differ greatly in the dollars sent to Washington as federal income taxes and the earmarks received. Data for 2009, one of the last years for earmarking, along with Arnold's calculations of a earmark ratio,…
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30
Jun
By Bob Weeks

For Kansas Senator Roberts, earmark reform not worthy of his vote

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts promotes his fiscal conservatism, but failed to vote in favor of earmark reform in a recent close vote. In 2012 an amendment to a Senate bill was offered that would have dramatically reformed the earmark process. The vote was On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1472 to S.Amdt. 1470 to S. 2038 (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012). The purpose of the amendment, according to Congress.gov, is "to prohibit earmarks." Although offered in 2012, the short title of the amendment was "Earmark Elimination Act of 2011" The nub of the amendment was "It shall not be…
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30
Jun
By Bob Weeks

Corporate income tax rates in U.S. are self-defeating

Over the past two decades most large industrial countries have reduced their corporate income tax rates. Two countries, however, stand out from this trend: France and The United States. In Abolish the Corporate Income Tax economist Laurence J. Kotlikoff writes "I, like many economists, suspect that our corporate income tax is economically self-defeating -- hurting workers, not capitalists, and collecting precious little revenue to boot." High taxes in America cause companies to invest overseas in order to escape these high American taxes. For example, Apple takes steps to minimize the income tax it pays, as do most companies. In Calculating…
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